B4R Code Snippet Returning value to B4R RunNative calls from c code

I couldn't find an easy way for me to use code like

Dim x As Int = RunNative("myRoutine",Null)

I know I could use _x and put the value into it, but if you rename variables, you then have to search through the c code and change the references in there. (find doesn't seem to look at the c code)

So I came up with this (it handles Int, Uint, Long, ULong, Double and bool types).
The enums BR_INT, BR_UINT etc are predefined in B4R. Just use the one suitable for your return type.
I only use one Object (tmp) so there could be cases where if you call it more than once per function, you dont get the value you expect, but for single calls it should be fine.

#if C
B4R::Object* tmp = new B4R::Object();

template <typename T>
B4R::Object* respond(int type,T const & value){
    tmp->type = type;
    switch (type){
        case BR_INT:
                tmp->data.LongField = (Int)value;
                break;
        case BR_LONG:
                tmp->data.LongField = (Long)value;
                break;
        case BR_DOUBLE:
                tmp->data.DoubleField = (Double)value;
                break;
        case BR_ULONG:
                tmp->data.ULongField = (ULong)value;
                break;
        case BR_UINT:
                tmp->data.ULongField = (UInt)value;
                break;
        case BR_BOOL:
                tmp->data.ULongField = (bool)value;
                break;      
        default:
            ::Serial.println("Unknown type "+type);
    }
    return tmp;
}
#End If

You can call it from a c function like

B4R::Object* longTest(B4R::Object* o){
     long myNum = 56 * 2 * 100;
    // this is the long I want to return to B4R code
    return respond(BR_LONG, myNum);
}

Which lets you use B4R code like

Dim x As Int = RunNative("myFuncThatReturnsAnInt",something)
doSomethingWith(x)

Hope it's useful to you.

 

[Cableguy]

Very very Instructive!!